How do i create this effect? It's like a spiral or just a brush?

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2020-07-07 20:35:25

This image is in https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/
How to do that?

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2020-07-08 09:13:14

Hi there, that's actually a 3D render — it's something that would often be post-processed in an app like Pixelmator Pro, but the visual itself would be created in a 3D modeling app.
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2022-08-31 17:12:54

What app was used to create the 3D render? Blender?
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2022-09-01 11:24:45

The image was used in a Pixelmator Pro promo video from 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBOt6UTXdsE
My wild guess would be Cinema4d - it lacks a bit of iterations/subdivisions along the curve though. But every 3d app which supports Sweep objects (extrude a shape along a curvature) will do.
My weapon of choice is Cheetah3d:
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